Jackie Hill Perry, a spoken-word/hip-hop artist who writes for Desiring God, explained at Legacy Conference 2016 what it means to be made in God’s image and how this should influence people’s reaction to death, whether a death sparks debate or not.
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Almost everyone in the crowd had a hand raised. Tommy “Urban D.” Kyllonen, pastor of Crossover Church in Tampa, Florida, had just asked his congregation who had experienced discrimination.
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Christian emcee Swift spoke to Rapzilla about his latest record, Higher Learning, his trouble with securing producers, being a vocal supporter of rappers using their platform for a message, and a potential TV appearance.
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Producer Nate “theBeatbreaker” Robinson is gearing up to release his second project Heard Not Seen II and he spoke to Rapzilla about his creative process, ministry work, and touring with Lecrae.
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Last week, Rapzilla spoke to Joey Jewish about working with non-Christians, his new record, and how he’s reacted to a situation where his music has been “stolen.” In part two with the emcee, Joey opens up about seeing God’s plan through a ripped off song.
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WWE superstar Titus O’Neil spoke to Rapzilla to express his thoughts on the recent tragedies of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. O’Neil wanted to share his thoughts about police brutality, his experiences, both good and bad with law enforcement, how African American communities should react, and what we can all do to help.
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Christian hip-hop artist Joey Jewish is someone who gets it. While his music isn’t the most explicitly Christian, he understands the importance of letting his faith guide his actions, decisions, and ministry. That is why Joey was a bit cautious when God told him to step out of his comfort zone of the Christian bubble.
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Young Christian hip-hop artist Ty Brasel has been making waves with his new record 1994 Until. He spoke to Rapzilla about its creation, where he’s at now, and how dropping out of college was the best decision he ever made.
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King Dav$d awoke to find himself handcuffed to a hospital bed. He had just been shot in the back of the head. He had just fought off one of the attackers. He had just stumbled about bloodily in the streets to a payphone to call an ambulance. He had just survived. He is still alive.
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Hip-Hop is very much a global phenomenon, and with Christianity infused lyricists starting to get some shine in the mainstream, that is also trickling down into other parts of the world as well.
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In the beginning of the month, we posted an article that sought to cover the growing trend of mainstream music doing “gospel music.” Some of the examples listed are Chance the Rapper, Kanye West, Alicia Keys, DMX, and a few others. This time around, we asked a set of questions to a mixed bag of artists within Christian hip-hop to gauge their thoughts on the topic. This is part two of our responses. Read part one here.
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